June 2023
Jun 24
24 June 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

One section of the electromagnetic spectrum gets all the love as tens of thousands of "hams" ascend to the radio waves with "phone" (voice) and CW (Morse) in this exciting ...

Jun 17
17 June 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

This program offers advanced topics, activity extensions and all-new games and demonstrations to older youth. Certificates are earned and archived as well as modern experiments take place. There are also ...

Jun 16
16 June 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Whether it's taking advantage of a prorated BRAS membership; getting the status of all current NASA, LSU and HRPO plans; obtaining the latest information on asteroid Apophis; learning HRPO history ...

Jun 12
12 June 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

For over four decades BRAS has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, the perils of light pollution and factors to consider when buying ...

Jun 12
12 June 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Are you a local skygazer, homeowner, business owner, science teacher or stakeholder interested reclaiming a natural sky above HRPO and its surrounding while simultaneously saving money and energy, and making ...

Jun 10
10 June 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Last Quarter Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and leaving, and drive ...

Jun 10
10 June 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

In the second of three never-to-repeat sessions, Cadets will investigate: frost, mist, fog, clouds, rain and snow.

Jun 09
09 June 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Glass was first manufactured thousands of years ago. It is actually a supercooled liquid which can be transformed not only into works of beauty and contemplation but also into fiberglass ...

Jun 03
03 June 2023
Burbank Soccer Complex, 12400 Burbank Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Periodically Venus reaches its greatest angular separation in the sky (elongation) from the Sun. This is the safest way to view Venus by amateurs. Come join us at the Burbank ...

Jun 03
03 June 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

We've mapped the elusive lands of Venus with radar and released investigative probes into the planet's hostile atmosphere. Cadets will discover the qualities that distinguish the Goddess of Love from ...

Jun 02
02 June 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will at maximum altitude of 29° in Libra. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

Jun 02
02 June 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Thirty-five years ago James Christy discovered Charon. This was the beginning of our knowledge of the fascinating trans-Neptunian system. With the images and data from New Horizons we are in ...